Sonia has worked so hard for this: a healthy family and a normal
life in an average American town. But on a night that should
have been like any other, she is forced to make an impossible
choice that could shatter her family's dreams forever.

Keep your daughter safe -- or keep your family together? What
call would you make?

This video is the centerpiece of Breakthrough's #ImHere campaign
for immigrant women's rights. Go to
www.breakthrough.tv/imhere to learn more.

Posted October 27, 2012

Separation of families:

In the
six months between January and June, 2011, the U.S. deported
more than 46,000 parents of U.S.-citizen children. (link)

4
million American citizens (ages 0-18) live in a household
with at least one undocumented parent. (link)

There
are at least 5,100 children currently living in foster care
who are prevented from uniting with their detained or
deported parents. (link)

Violence
against women:

1 out
of every 4 women in the U.S. will experience some form of
domestic/partner violence in their lives, and immigrant
women are 3 to 6 times more likely to experience domestic
violence. (link)

Immigrant women make up close to the entire population of
domestic workers in major cities such as New York, with one
study by Domestic Workers United finding that 33 percent of
domestic workers in New York City experienced some form of
physical or verbal abuse, often because of their race or
immigration status. (link)

The
House’s version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
reauthorization bill (the Adams bill, H.R. 4970) that passed
in the House in May 2012 rolls back protections for
immigrant women who have experienced domestic violence,
making it extremely difficult for them to report abuse. (link)

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